Georgia Lee (Kelly) Idso
Mar 25, 1991
Georgia Lee (Kelly) Idso was born on July 9, 1942, in Clarkfield, Minnesota, to John Vernon Kelly and Nettie (Stensrud) Kompelien Kelly. She was baptized at the Cottonwood Presbyterian Church and confirmed at Christ Lutheran Church of Cottonwood, Minnesota. On June 30, 1962, she was united in marriage to Tom Idso of Cottonwood at Christ Lutheran Church. To this...
Ruby Lavonne (Agre) Doose
Mar 25, 1991
Ruby LaVonne Doose was born March 8, 1932, to Richard and Helen (Knutson) Agre at Rural Boyd, Minnesota. She was baptized and confirmed at the Trinity Lutheran Church of Boyd where she was a lifelong member. She attended and graduated from Boyd Public School. Ruby married Charles Doose on March 24, 1952. She was a member of the American...
Alvina S. (Alness) Cole
Mar 21, 1991
Alvina S. Cole was born August 10, 1928, to Magnus and Inga (Foss) Alness. She was baptized and confirmed at the Spring Creek Lutheran Church, and attended rural school near Clarkfield, Minnesota. On November 5, 1949, she married Virgil Cole of Hanley Falls, Minnesota, at Spring Creek Lutheran Church. To this union two children were born, Dean and Gary....
Elmer Maurice Heggerston
Mar 20, 1991
Elmer Maurice Heggerston was born October 22, 1896, on a farm in rural Walnut Grove, Minnesota, to parents Engebret E. and Mary (Ellefson) Heggerston. He was baptized at St. Olaf Lutheran Church near Walnut Grove on November 22, 1896, by the Rev. Hans Magelsson. Maurice grew up on the family farm and completed the 8th grade in the local...
Walter "Troupe" Riediger
Mar 12, 1991
Walter "Toupe" Riediger was born August 3, 1904, to Julius and Louise (Lehman) Riediger in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized at Zion Lutheran Church of Tyro Township and attended rural district school in Omro Township. Walter's mother died in 1906 and Walter lived with his father until his death in 1956. Walter farmed the family...
Rudolph Fred Warner
Mar 11, 1991
Rudolph Fred Warner was born November 15, 1908, to Fred and Emma (Bittler) Warner in Omro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He was baptized and confirmed at St. John's Lutheran Church of Omro Township and attended rural elementary school in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. He married Agnes B. Piipke February 19, 1930, at St. John's Lutheran...
Esther Marie (Baurle) Casperson
Feb 25, 1991
Esther Marie Baurle was born February 12, 1907, in Chicago, Illinois, to Michael and Mary (Reinhart) Baurle. In 1930, she married R.G. Casperson. They moved from Zion, Illinois, to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in 1937. Esther retired from the Stainless Foundry in Milwaukee in 1972 and moved to Clarkfield, Minnesota, in 1976. She moved to Montevideo, Minnesota, in 1986. Esther became...
Conrad Olai Haugen
Feb 22, 1991
Conrad Olai Haugen was born February 29, 1896, in Lisbon Township to Sigurd and Signe (Solberg) Haugen. He was baptized and confirmed in the Lutheran faith at Bergen Lutheran Church in Stony Run Township. He attended rural school and also the University of Minnesota Farm School. Conrad married Perle Annette Anderson on December 2, 1917. Five children were born...
Hertha Alma Helene (Just) Voss
Feb 20, 1991
Hertha Alma Helene Just was born on March 18, 1905, at the home of her parents, Christ and Augusta Just, in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, rural Boyd, Minnesota. Hertha was baptized April 9, 1905, and confirmed May 29, 1919, at Zion Lutheran Church of Tyro Township. She graduated from Boyd High School and from St. Cloud Teachers College....
Steven Ordell Lovsness
Feb 18, 1991
Steven Ordell Lovsness was born August 13, 1955, at the Granite Falls Hospital, Granite Falls, Minnesota, to parents, Ordell and Myrtle (Anderson) Lovsness. He was baptized and confirmed at St. Lucas Lutheran Church of Normania Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. He attended public school in Cottonwood, Minnesota, and graduated from Cottonwood High School in 1973. Steven enlisted in the...
Bettie Alfreda (Peterson) Thompson
Feb 17, 1991
Bettie Alfreda Thompson was born September 15, 1895, in Swede Prairie Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Peter and Emma (Svenson) Peterson. She attended rural school and was baptized and confirmed at Swede Home Lutheran Church. On June 5, 1918, she married Knute A. Thompson at the farm home of her parents in Swede Prairie Township. Two sons were...
Herbert Arthur Saumer
Feb 12, 1991
Herbert Arthur Saumer was born in Montevideo, Minnesota, on January 26, 1909, to John and Hannah (Johnson) Egan. He was baptized at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Montevideo and later confirmed there on May 18, 1923. Hannah married Harry Saumer in 1916 and Herbert was adopted and raised by Harry. Herb attended 12 years of school in Montevideo and...
Nicoline Henrietta (Cornelius) Olien
Feb 1, 1991
Nicoline Henrietta Cornelius was born on March 29, 1896, in Lisbon Township to Peder and Maren Cornelius. She was baptized and confirmed in the Bergen Lutheran Church, rural Granite Falls, Minnesota. She attended rural school in Lisbon township and high school in Madison, Minnesota. On September 6, 1914, she was united in marriage to Andrew Olien. They farmed for...
Ernest Frankin Quale
Jan 13, 1991
Ernest Franklin Quale, son of Albert and Carrie (Larsen) Quale, was born December 19, 1920, in Clarkfield, Minnesota. He was baptized in the Lutheran faith on January 9, 1921, and confirmed on May 3, 1936, at the Clarkfield Lutheran Church. Ernest attended school in Dorset, Minnesota and Nevis, Minnesota and graduated from Clarkfield High School. During W.W.II, Ernest served...
Donna Marie (Johnson) Harms
Jan 13, 1991
Donna Marie Harms was born on July 30, 1921 in Canby, Minnesota to Andrew and Rosetta (Buchman) Johnson. She was baptized on September 10, 1921, at the First English Lutheran Church in Canby. She was confirmed on May 14, 1934, at the St. Stephen's Lutheran Church in Canby. On August 25, 1937, she married John Harms in Clear Lake,...
Carl Jerome Carlson
Jan 1, 1991
Carl Jerome Carlson was born April 1, 1912, in Sandnes Township, rural Cottonwood, Minnesota, to Ingvald and Stella (Olson) Carlson. He was baptized and confirmed in the old Silo Lutheran Church of Cottonwood. Carl attended country school and worked on the family farm until April of 1941 when he was called into active duty with a U.S. Army artillery...
Orville Kenneth Borgendale
Dec 10, 1990
Orville Kenneth Borgendale was born February 26, 1929, in Baxter Township, Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, to Ole and Clara (Haakenson) Borgendale. He was baptized and confirmed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Boyd, Minnesota. Orville graduated from Boyd High School in 1946 and then served in the Air Force. On July 1, 1954, he married Agnes Nyland at the...
Melvin L Applewick
Dec 9, 1990
Melvin L. Applewick was born in Tyro Township, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota, to Amos and Mary (Grevstad) Applewick on June 23, 1904. He was baptized and confirmed at Israel Lutheran Church where he was a lifelong member. Melvin married Anna Sabe on May 4, 1943, in Dawson, Minnesota. They have one son, Allen Applewick. Melvin lived in Tyro Township...
Robert John Hill
Dec 8, 1990
Robert John Hill was born in Eagle River, Wisconsin, on January 23, 1925, the son of William and Sadie Hill. He was baptized June 25, 1925, at First Congregational Church in Eagle River, Wisconsin and confirmed at Our Savior Lutheran Church in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He graduated from Ashland High School, Ashland, Wisconsin, in 1942 and graduated from the Minnesota...
Emma Kroese
Nov 27, 1990
Emma Kroese was born on December 21, 1900, at 0'Brian County, Iowa, the daughter of Martin and Jennie (Oldenkamp) Mulenburg. She attended school in the Sanborn, Iowa area. Emma and her husband, John, lived and farmed in the Cottonwood, Minnesota area for many years. They were also the janitors for the First Presbyterian Church of Cottonwood where they were...
